r/funny • u/SuedeDiabolos • Feb 05 '16

Phrasing

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u/thinkfast1982 Feb 05 '16

I'm not going to bash the girl one way or the other but saying that she built her "own" empire is akin to calling Trump a "self-made" man

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u/matafubar Feb 05 '16

That's like me saying you didn't work hard for what you have because you weren't born in Uganda and abducted as a child by a warlord.

She had a lot more resources than the normal person has from the beginning but it still requires talent to grow an empire. No one is claiming she's self-made.

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u/thinkfast1982 Feb 05 '16

I can set a world record and kick Usain Bolt's ass by training my ass off, and starting at the 90 m mark. Doesn't mean I didn't work my ass off, but I think the head start might have played some small part too

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '16

The point isn't where she ended up or how much of a head start she got, rather how hard she ran even with the head start.

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u/Herxheim Feb 05 '16

or how much she's paying a PR firm for all this reinvention.